Public Health

Public health is the science of preventing disease and promoting the health of populations through organized collective efforts addressing social and environmental determinants of health.

599.3K

Publications

40M

Citations

1.1M

Authors

43.6K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

189.1K

Authors

1.1M

  1. CJ
    Christopher J L Murray

    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States

    293 publications · 314.3K citations

    161

    h-index

  2. JS
    Joel Schwartz

    Harvard University, United States

    545 publications · 82.2K citations

    155

    h-index

  3. WC
    Walter C. Willett

    Harvard University, United States

    334 publications · 89.9K citations

    141

    h-index

  4. AH
    Ali H. Mokdad

    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States

    311 publications · 217K citations

    138

    h-index

  5. SI
    Simon I Hay

    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States

    185 publications · 223.7K citations

    123

    h-index

1–5 of 1.1M

Venues

  1. The Lancet

    2.5K publications · 773K citations

    377

    h-index

  2. JAMA

    3.3K publications · 631.7K citations

    363

    h-index

  3. New England Journal of Medicine

    NEJM · 1.2K publications · 425.2K citations

    333

    h-index

  4. PubMed

    Repository · 28.9K publications · 1.3M citations

    314

    h-index

  5. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 5.2K publications · 552.4K citations

    310

    h-index

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See also

Public Health

Core Methods

Interventions

Determinants

Evaluation

Institutions